Where does Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. ranks #19,215 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. hold?

Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 35.5 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. focus on?

Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 10 patents, ranking #148 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.7 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Taiyo ranks #19,215 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 16 technology areas.

#19,215
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.5/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19215 · Foreign Corporation #19,215 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,215/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Synergy Microwave
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Synergy Microwave Corporation (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Taiyo’s 35.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 9.6 pts (27%) Velocity 5.3 pts (15%) Breadth 14.1 pts (40%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Taiyo Kagaku · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Taiyo's Innovation Score is 35.5/100 (top 49% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Taiyo?

Each dot is one of Taiyo’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Taiyo’s own 10.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Taiyo vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Taiyo's grants concentrate

Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Taiyo sits between Synergy Microwave Corporation and TCL Communi Cati ON ( NINGBO) Co., Ltd..

Taiyo's three-year grant acceleration

Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Synergy Microwave

15
T EN Process Tech…

15
Taica

15
Taicang Kingfu Pl…

15
Tarkett GDL

15
Tatung University

15
TBS Engineering

15
TCL Communi Cati…

15
Taiyo Kagaku ◀

15

What this shows Taiyo holds 15 patents at rank #19,208, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Taiyo

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,208 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Taiyo's primary technology class.

Taiyo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

35 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2016	2	13.3%
2017	2	13.3%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	2	13.3%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	1	6.7%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 10

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 7

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 7

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 7

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 4

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 2

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 2

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #19,215 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. against Synergy Microwave Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.5/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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